Rug-extractor



A. P. MAIZE.

RUG EXTRACTOR. APPLICATION FILED Au .1|.1e20.

' 1,377, 1 6Q, Patented May 3, 1921.

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RUG-EXTRACTOR.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM PURMAN Maize, a citizen of the'United States, and a resident of Allentown, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rug-Extractors, of which the followingisa specification.

This invention relates to an improved device or extractor for rugs whereby a single rug or the like may be drawn or extracted from between heaps or piles kept on sale in rug and carpet departments of stores, for the purpose of exhibition or sale.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective device of the above character, by which the rug may be extracted and at the same time rolled or wrapped around a pole inserted to keep the rug in shape and to permit more convenient and satisfactory handling thereof, the pole having the rug tightly wound thereon when the latter, is wholly extracted. I

A. further object is to provide a rug extractor which is composed of relatively few parts, which is light in weight, simple and economical to produce, and which may be readily supported in position for use, as well as to provide improved means in the form'of a guide or lifter so constructed as to adjust'itself to the size of the rug and so formed that while the rug is being rolled, the guide is pushed forward .so that the efiects of weight and friction are lessened, also saving the nap of the rug. I

Other and further objects of my invention will become readily apparent to persons skilledin the art from a consideration of the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein V Figure l" is a perspective view showing the improved rug extractor in use;

7 Fig. 2 is a'front elevation thereof de ta'ched'from the rug;

Fig.3 is a transverse sectional View on the line of Fig. 2, and

l isa fragmentary longltudlnal sectional view of one end of the'device.

Referring to the drawings in detail, m

which like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, my improved rug extractor is shown as comprising opposed sections 5 each con,-

sisting of a socket or bearing collars 6 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1921.

Application filed August. 11, 1920. Serial No. 402,905.

2 adapted to be arranged at either side of the pile of rugs, said sockets being provided with set screws 9 engaged through the walls of the respective'bearings 6. These bearlngs are provided with sleeve extensions 10 which are received within tubular portions 11 upon which and in contact with a bearing 6, is mounted a crank handle 12 which is adapted for free rotation thereon. Fixedto the -tube 11 is a ratchet wheel 13 with which cooperates a spring pressed'latch bolt 14 mounted upon the inner face of the crank handle 12 so that rotation may be imparted to the tube 11. Each tube isprovided with opposed longitudinal slots 15 resulting from the formation of the tubular member into a rigid clamping arm or jaw 16 and an opposed pivoted arm or jaw 17 coil spring 20, which is connected tothe arm 17 beyond the pivot 19 and to the tube '11 at a diagonally opposite point near the "outer extremity thereof, said spring being positioned within the tube so as to prevent in jury thereto and avoid an unsightly appearance, as well as to prevent the same from catching in the edge of the rug.

The above devices are employed in 0pposed pairs supported as described, and are adapted to hold therein, a pole 21 around which the rug is adapted to be rolled or wound as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Obviously, when the rug is wound thereon, the devices may be removed endwise, so as to leave the pole free with the rug thereon. Also, it is to be understood that the aws 17 are raised to the dotted line po sition shown in F ig. 2 of the drawings, in order that the end of the rug may be inserted around the pole and between the jaws and the pole, to tightly connect the device to the rug, in order that the latter may be extracttapered body portion 23 adapted to raise the top rugs while the one beneath is belng wound within the sleeve portion of the guide as also shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. This guide is so constructed as to adjust itself to any size of rug and so formed that while the rug is being rolled, the guide is pushed forward, thus lessening the effect of weight and friction, as well as saving the nap or the rug. One or a plurality of such guides may be employed, or the same may be constructed so as to be extensible, in order to extend for any desired width, according to the size of rug with which the device is use: and according to the length of the pole employed in connection therewith.

it will also be understood that the ratchet mechanism may be set to wind the rug in either direction, the teeth of the ratchet wheels being so formed as to permit this, in connection with the spring pressed bolts or pawls 14, which are mounted in U-shaped guides 24 carried by the crank portions of the crank handles 12. The advantages 01" the device will, it is thought, be manifest, in view of the fact that a single rug may be extracted from a heap or pile of rugs kept in rug and carpet departments of stores for exhibition and sale, in addition to the fact that the device is adjustable to any size rug and rolls the same tightly and compactly, in addition to extracting a rug from any part of the pile in much less time than it can be done by hand.

In view of the foregoing, it is thought that the operation of the device will be readily understood and in view of the simplicity and practical value that it will commend itself to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A rug extractor comprising opposed pairs oi clamping jaws adapted to releasably receive a pole therein in rigid alinement for winding a rug thereon. and means at the end thereoi for rotating said clamping members, said clamping members being .adapted to be removed endwise so as to leave the pole free with the rug rolled thereon.

2. A rug extractor comprising a pair of tubular members having separable clamping jaws of concaved cross section adapted to receive and hold a pole extending therebetween, said clamping members being adaptedto grip one end of a rug to be rolled thereon, means at the ends of said members for rotating the tubular members in either direction, and means for guiding the rug in winding, said clamping jaws being detachable endwise from the pole.

3. In a rug extractor, a pair of opposed pole engaging members each comprising a tubular member having a rigid jaw and a pivoted jaw normally held in clamping relation to the rigid jaw for detachably receiving and holding one end of a pole and edge of a rug to be wound thereon, said pivoted jaw being pivoted to the rigid jaw near the outer extremity thereof, and a crank handle at the end of said member and provided with a ratchet -means for turning the same in either direction, said engaging members being adapted to be removed endwise so as to leave the pole free with the rug rolled thereon.

' 4. The combination with guiding means; of a pair of tubular members having bearing sockets to engage at opposite sides of a pile of rugs, said tubular members being provided with opposed slots forming spaced coacting jaws extending longitudinally for releasably receiving and clamping the ends of a pole, one jaw of each member having pivoted connection with the tube, means normally holding said pivoted jaws in clamping relation to the other jaws and adapted to permit disengagement from the pole ends to leave the rug rolled upon the pole, ratchet wheels on the tubes, crank handles rotatably mounted on the tubes and spring pressed pawls carried by said crank handles for engaging said ratchet wheels whereby the latter may be rotated in either direction.

5. lhe combination with a pile of rugs, of a pair of tubular members having bearing: sockets to engage at opposite sides of the pile, said tubular members being provided with opposed slots forming spaced 00- we acting jaws extending longitudinally for receiving and clamping the ends of a pole, one of each member having pivoted connection with the tube, means normally holding said pivoted jaws in clamping relation 105 to the other jaws and adapted to permit disengagement from the pole ends, means on the ends of said tubes whereby the same may be turned for winding the rug, and a guide having a concaved portion for enveloping 110 the rug around the pole and having an extension adapted to engage upon the top surface of the rug.

6. The combination with a rug extractor for a pile of rugs, a tubular member having 115 bearings engaging said pile, said tubular member being provided with clamping jaws and adapted to receive and hold a rug pole therein and adapted to be released endwise at the ends of the pole .to leave the rug 120 I rolled upon the same, together with the end of a rug, means for turning the tubular member and a guiding means adapted toenvelop the wound portion of the rug substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

7. A guide of the class described comprising a body portion tapered toward its forward end and having a substantially semicircular sleeve portion at the rear opening downwardly to receive the rug when being Wound.

8. A device for extracting a rug or the like from a pile, comprising opposed means for engaging the ends of a v pole on which the rug is adapted to be wound, means for turning the same, and means for simultaneously releasing said engaging means and turning means endwise from the pole at 1either side to leave the rug rolled on the po e.

9. A device for extracting a rug or the like from a pile, comprising opposed means for engaging the end of a pole on which the rug is adapted to be wound, means for turning the same, means for releasing said engaging means from the'pole at either side to leave the rug rolled on the pole, and a guide member of tapered formation to pass be tween the rugs and having a recess or pocket receiving the rug and to move along with the same during the winding operation.

10. In a rug extractor, opposed pairs of clamping jaws adapted toreceive a pole.

therein in rigid alinement for winding a rug thereon, means at the ends thereof for rotating said clamping members, and a tapered guide member adapted to be inserted betweenthe rugs of a pile above the rug to be extracted and to travel along the latter during the winding of said rug on said pole, said guide member having means to accommodate the pole and rug and support the I upper rugs from resting on the rug to be extracted, said clamps being released from the pole at either side, thereby leaving the rug rolled on the pole, to permit the same which the rug is to be extracted, and longitudinally of the pole, thereby leaving the rug wound upon the pole.

12. A guide of the class described comprising a body portion having a flat bottom and an inclined top portion tapered toward the forward end of the body, said top portion terminating in a curved rearwardly and downwardly extending sleeve portion adapted to house a rug extracting and winding device and to receive the rug when being wound thereon, said guide being adapted to travel forwardly during the winding operation.

ADAM PURMAN MAIZE. 

